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Friday, January 14, 2011

The Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award is now given annually to "English-language children's and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experience."

Four honor books were selected:"will grayson, will grayson," written by John Green and David Levithan (which was also an honor book for the Odyssey Award for being one of the best audiobooks produced for children and/or young adults!)"Love Drugged," written by James Klise"Freaks and Revelations," written by Davida Willis Hurwin"The Boy in the Dress," written by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

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Almost Perfect has been on my to-read list for far too long now. One of the challenges I've set for myself in 2011 is to read more books from age groups and genres that I wouldn't normally read, so this is a perfect excuse to get started.

I agree, it was great to give the Stonewalls greater visibility by announcing them with the other Youth Media Awards. It was nice to see two trans-related titles on the list, too. I am disappointed that there's no lesbian or bi focus in the five books. Not that the ones that won weren't deserving of praise (at least the three I've read), but I know I read some good books from the past year starring queer female characters, and it's too bad not to see any of them here.

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